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‘Idol’ Rises 11%, Lifting Fox to Another Easy Win in Thursday Ratings

CBS’s live coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament remains a wild card in the Thursday night ratings, with numbers expected to change, but overnight figures showed Fox safely in the No. 1 spot as “American Idol” was up 11%…

FX Close to Renewing Modern Western Crime Drama

FX is close to renewing the modern Western crime drama series "Justified" for a third season, according to Deadline.com. The renewal would come after FX canceled "Lights Out," its well-reviewed boxing drama, as previously reported. Deadline.com points out that even…

Fox Again Dominates Wednesday Ratings With ‘Idol’ as CBS’s ‘Survivor’ Hits a Series Low

Fox coasted to an easy ratings win in the 18-49 demo Wednesday night , even with “American Idol” off 8% from its comparable episode a year ago, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox averaged a 7.7 rating for the night in adults 18-49,…

CBS Notches Tuesday Night Ratings Win

CBS came out on top Tuesday night in a head-to-head battle pitting two hours of its “NCIS” and “NCIS: LA” procedurals against two hours of “Biggest Loser” on NBC, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS wound up with a 3.0 average rating for…

CNN Continues to Surge Thanks to Crises in Japan, Libya; Did MSNBC Drop the Ball?

The events in Japan and Libya have helped boost CNN’s ratings and its standing among the cable news networks, which comes at the expense of MSNBC, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. MSNBC is now in third place…

‘Judge Judy’ Moves Ahead of ‘Oprah’ in Syndie Ratings

“Judge Judy” took the top spot in the daytime syndication ratings for the week ended March 13, beating “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for the first time in nine weeks, TVNewsCheck reported. Following the February sweeps period, most shows went into…

ABC Dominates Monday Night as ‘Dancing’ Premieres to Big Ratings

ABC got a strong performance from the two-hour season premiere of “Dancing With the Stars” and scored a big win for the night overall in Monday’s overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC finished the night with a 4.5 average rating in adults…

Note to Congress: PBS.org Is 18th Most Popular Site for Video In February

PBS is making a major push to make sure its video is available for streaming. In an announcement, PBS notes, "PBS.org has grown so rapidly that comScore VideoMetrix listed it as the18th most popular site for video last month," said…

Sunday Ratings: CBS’s NCAA Overrun Shakes Things Up

Overnight ratings for Sunday night were impacted by CBS’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament, which ran 19 minutes into the network’s prime-time schedule and offset the network’s programming for the rest of the night. But it appears that CBS…

Fox Drama Notches Its Lowest Ratings Ever

It’s bad news for a bubble show: A Fox drama that has struggled to find viewers in its Friday night slot slumped to its lowest ratings ever last week, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. The show is “Fringe,” which fell 13%…